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Home » NFL » Erin Andrews Calls Out Critics After Her Socially Distanced Interview Ended With A Hug From Aaron Rodgers
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Erin Andrews Calls Out Critics After Her Socially Distanced Interview Ended With A Hug From Aaron Rodgers

January 14, 2022 @9:34pmby Darrelle Lincoln
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Last week, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers pushed back on criticism that he and NFL reporter Erin Andrews received for a non-socially distanced hug they shared following a post-game interview on Christmas Day.

“Look, I’ve known EA [Erin Andrews] for a long time and I think the whole thing is obviously a little bit strange,” the quarterback said during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.”

Shortly after Rodgers led his team to a 24-20 victory over the Cleveland Browns, he and Andrews held a socially distanced interview, but once it was over, they walked towards each other and hugged.

Erin Andrews heard all the reaction over hugging Aaron Rodgers a couple weeks ago, and is now delivering her on thoughts on the backlash they received. She felt that the reaction was a combination of people picking on her for being a woman, combined with Rodgers being a lightning rod.

“I pretty much have hugged Rodgers since I started covering the NFL. He’s been a good friend of mine for the last 15 years,” Andrews said. “It was so funny because the people close to me in my life like my family or other quarterbacks I know or other players are like ‘Why is this a big deal?’

“I loved Pat McAfee for joking around with him, and being like, ‘You two gotta stop hugging.’ And I loved when Aaron kinda said she’s my friend. It’s also like him mentioning that he hugs other guys, opposing players and I was like ‘yeah! I’m looked at like one of the guys!’”

Andrews went on to explain that she has hugged a number of players, and it’s never turned into a thing until it Rodgers did it.

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“Sunday, I hadn’t seen Odell [Beckham Jr.] and he ran over by me and he looked so happy and I just said, ‘God I miss that smile,’ and he was like good to see you and gave me a hug. I gave Von Miller a hug because he did ‘Dancing With the Stars,’” she said.

“A lot of people forget, we’re with these guys 18 weeks out of the year. We see them all the time, we’re with them during the highs and lows of their career. I’m grateful for the access they’ve given me. I’ve got to tell you, for the first time, whether you want to call Rodgers a lightning rod for his stance on COVID, I don’t want to get into that — what I’m getting involved in is sports. I was pumped he broke [Brett Favre’s Packers touchdown pass] record.“

“I got to sit behind a legend for three years and see what greatness looked like first hand. That’s an experience that changed my life forever.”@AaronRodgers12 discusses what it means to him breaking @BrettFavre’s record. pic.twitter.com/u6occzr2Kc

— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) December 26, 2021

Andrews concluded that it must be a “chick thing” because two men hugging each other never gets brought up as an issue.

“For the first time in my career I kind of thought, this was like a chick thing,” Andrews said. “They’re going after it because I’m a female. Now, maybe I have it wronged they’re just going after it because Aaron is a lightning rod right now but I will say this, no one has said anything when Greg Olsen and [George] Kittle tackled and hugged each other.

“In fact it’s an NFL meme — in fact they used it in the middle of the game because it was a cool moment.

“I’ve watched ‘Monday Night Football’ with [Randy] Moss hugging the guy and I never get that way because I’m grateful for my job and employers but for the first time I was like ‘Is this a chick thing? If I was a guy and gave him a hug would anybody have cared?’ I wanted to right it so bad. I gave [Matt] Stafford a hug and I’m friends with him and his wife and no one said anything. Maybe because Aaron is a lightning rod. So stupid. Slow news day.”

(NY Post)

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